After Michigan storm, customers wait - and wait - for power
Associated PressBLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Frustration and anger are mounting among some Michigan utility customers who still were waiting for power to be restored after a massive ice storm this week damaged electricity lines, and the governor called Friday for more accountability on repair efforts by the state’s two largest utilities. More than 600,000 customers of Detroit-based DTE Energy lost power when the storm plowed Wednesday into southeastern Michigan, while Jackson-based Consumers Energy said about 237,000 of its customers lost electricity. “I said, ‘Here we go again.’ It happens every two or three years.” On Friday afternoon, Fisher and her 47-year-old son finally checked into a warming center on Detroit’s eastside. “I’ve been complaining to DTE and Michigan’s power commission about this for a long time,” Saltsman said.
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